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DOUG LEEN TO SPEAK, MARCH 13

Wed., March 13 at the Main Library in ABQ.

Please come to ABQ main Library for this presentation. Doug Leen is a great speaker and is THE most knowledgeable person about the history of these park posters. Ironically he is a dentist primarily serving Native American Indians in Alaska but this is his passion and avocation.

On August 19th, 2017 the grandchildren of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal cabinet members and advisers talked about the actions taken in the 1930s and early 1940s to bring the country back from the Great Depression. They were joined by President Roosevelt’s grandson, James Roosevelt, Jr.

The Legacy of the New Deal

FDR made it possible for many of our family members to survive during the Great Depression. New Deal treasures were created all over this nation that we are still using and enjoying today. Do you know what they are? Take a look around your town, city, county or state at schools and other public buildings. Think about the parks you visit, the roads you drive on and bridges you cross, could they have been built during the New Deal era? Furthermore, cemeteries, swimming pools, water and sewer systems along with rural electricity were built during that time.

Many of today’s legal rights for labor were established in the New Deal era. The FDIC protects your bank account, Social Security is possibly critical to you and your family. In addition, SEC protects investors, and FHA is the largest home insurer of mortgages. The FCC controls interstate and foreign communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCA is the largest agricultural lender in the United States. And finally, the TVA still has some of its original programs still in place.

Let us not forget the murals, paintings, sculptures, and even symphonic orchestras that came to be under FDR and the New Deal. Join the NNDPA today and learn more about these treasures.

Won’t you help the NNDPA preserve the New Deal treasures by Joining and Donating ?

Spanish American Music in New Mexico: The WPA Era

Women and the Spirit of the New Deal

In conjunction with The Living New Deal and The Frances Perkins Center, this booklet was compiled by Christopher Breiseth and Kathryn Flynn, with the help of NNDPA board members Gray Brechin, Kathleen Duxbury, Harvey Smith, Thomas J. Walker and Elizabeth Kingman, graphic designer extraordinare, for your enjoyment and education. It is available for $ 15.00, plus shipping.